Chapter 1

Chapter 1 Then – It was then.

Gajang(Father).

The head of the family.

Noh Gajang.

That’s my name.

Hard times to live. In a world where it is difficult to pursue happiness, it is the name that my parents gave in the hope that I would have lived just that much, not more or less.

When I learned martial arts, I thought that a man should go forward with a dream that seemed to pierce the sky.

The best in the world.

Can’t it be me?

I wanted to be heroic, that I can be the best in the world, I wanted to have three wives and seven concubines, rich enough to eat pure white rice and any kinds of side dish imaginable from the land, sea, and air every single day.

But I was a frog in the well.

Even though I did not sleep more than two hours a day and practiced martial arts except when I had to eat or shit, I couldn’t beat him.

What makes me even more angry is that master was a man who was unknown in Moorim.

-It’s enough to live with your skills. If you are very careful, you can live until you grow old.

Master assessed my abilities that way, and I hoped it would.

Of course I did not want that.

There is a saying that effort does not disappoint.

I believed that, and tried hard not to be disappointed.

If you try hard enough，can’t you be someone that deserves to be famous throughout the lands with only the two letters of his name?

But the I realized that efforts could also disappoint you. If not, I should have been able to beat master who has only bones left..

Later, when Master left and I began to live with the blade, when I was making a name for myself as an express problem solver, I comforted myself that I could not win because he was a very strong person. Because I had no other opponent that could defeat me.

Is that so?

Murim.

The place where Master never stepped in.

I wanted to visit the place called Murim, which is a place that cannot be overlooked among warriors.

If I was good enough, I thought it would work out there as well. No, I was confident that it would work. I’ve seen Murim-in several times while living by the blade, and I instinctively thought I could beat them.

I met him at the time when my aspirations were growing day by day. I hate to talk about this. Maybe I will talk later.

And then I met her.

She was out of reach for someone like me. I will never forget her for the rest of my life.

Seomun Mira.

She was a rich woman. No, at least I thought she was.

When I first met her, she was wearing a silk that looked like it was made from gold and silver..

Also, unlike me, who speaks vulgar words, she was elegant. It’s amazing how our words and sentences are so different when we are talking about the same thing.

Also, when we got married and lived together, the people looked at her strangely.

Is it her atmosphere or her charm?

She certainly had that. I feel like she had lived like that since she was born.

I still can’t understand why she chose me.

Anyway, after living together like that, I haven’t looked at the place called Murim again..

She is a pretty girl. A precious woman.

She woman is my woman, and I didn’t want to make her regret choosing me.

I worked.

I worked hard and made money.

I wanted her to put something pretty, I wanted to wear something good, and I wanted to give he good accessories.

As an express problem solver, my salary was higher than that of other warriors. But money always seemed to be short.

When I lived alone, I felt that I earned and used it without second thought, but when we lived together, I felt like it was not enough. It seemed like that, even though I brought all the money I earned without spending any.

“Thank you, honey.”

“You worked hard to make money outside.

“Please……. take a break.”

Even when giving a small amount of money, she would bow down and take a bag with both hands and talk like that. Even if I told her not to do that, she did. However, it was undeniable that strength comes into my shoulders every time.

Is it because of that feeling?

“Love drunk bastard.”

“She’s got him wrapped around her finger I tell ya.”

I couldn’t even hear what my colleagues said.. It was rather funny. They couldn’t have known my feeling.

They were one of the guys looking for prostitutes in Giru, and there were only women who only knew how to scratch.

It was a time when I have nothing to envy in the world.

I really did not envy the emperor when she became pregnant and her fluffy belly began to stiffen. My baby. I was so happy to tears just the fact that she was carry my blood in her, I would not change anything in the world.

After my parents passed away, I did not have any relatives left. I was happy with her alone. Now, isn’t it really being the head of the house just as my name implies!

I will never forget the moment when I knew that I became a husband and when I learned that I am going to be a father.

But…….

But…….

But…….

Damn, this doglike heaven. I will kill you!

“It’s really difficult!”

Childeokne, a famous midwife in the neighborhood, was restless expression. And my wife’s complexion is not looking good. She screamed in agony.

I had never heard of her hurt in my life, so I felt so much pain with just how great her pain was.

“I think I have no choice but to pull it out forcibly. But in that case……

Childeokne couldn’t finish talking, but I could understand the meaning without hearing it.

Need to choose? I will save her unconditionally. I can have another child, but she was someone that I could never find again.

“No!”

My wife, who was struggling with the pain of childbirth, raised her upper body and shouted. It should not have been possible, but she did it.

Because of her great maternal instinct, she was able to.

“I will give birth，it does not matter what happens!”

I made the biggest mistake of my life at her stern words, who couldn’t breathe in pain.

“Ok. Lie down. Lie down comfortably. Breath！”

“Promise me!”

“I promise you, please.”

Only then did she lay back and started to moan.

Starting! God, if I meet you in the afterlife, I would definitely tear you apart.”

I had no choice but to scream the nasty things I said.

“Come out, come out. Ma’am，use your strength to push！”

“Ooohhh!”

“Come out, come out! It’s almost out!” I heard a cry at that moment.

“Ungaa! Ungaa！”

I don’t know if god was scared, but a baby came out.

“Gochune，gochune!”

Childeokne shouted out loud as she received her newborn baby.

“Good job, Sang-jae. Gochuya!”

The moment Childeok-ne was happy and screamed, my wife started to moan again.

Childeok-ne’s eyes widened again.

“Aigu! It’s not alone.”

“Yes?，’

“Twins, twins! Go out quickly and call a couple of woman. We need additional hands.”

At Childeokne’s order, I ran like I was flying.. On the next house, who worked in the field, I put Ajumma Soon on my shoulder, and I put the unknown aunt who worked with her on the other.

“Aaahhh……!”

“Gajang，What are you doing now!”

Mrs. Soon’s husband, Mr. Heo, screamed, but I could not afford to respond.. Heo and an unknown man followed me.

“I brought them!”

I shouted, and Soon, who was getting angry, and the other woman, looked at the scene in the room and quickly went in, as if realizing the situation..

“This guy！”

After that, Uncle Heo ran and threw a fist at me, but I was willing to get hit and focused only on the work in the room.

“Ungaa!

The moment I heard the crying of the child again, Mr. Heo let go of me. Then he immediately tapped on my back and said.

“Haha, congratulations. congratulations! I heard the story that you are having a child. Congratulations. It was good if you had to said something earlier.”

I went into the room with a smile at the man who just punched me. I didn’t regret because there was a situation before, but now I thought I could be happy with my heart.

“Aigu! What is this? Again?”

Childeok-ne bowed again next to Soon and another woman while holding a child.

“That’s why she struggled all day. How did you have three in this body? I mean.”

Childeokne finally opened her mouth to receive one more baby.

“Three at a time. Don’t let the outsiders look, and make more hot water！”

That moment I went out and tried to drive Mr. Heo and the other man away, they heard Childeokne’s cry and went away from the house.

I started boiling the water, and I took the water that had already been warmed up and gave it.

At that time, three babies were already in her arms. She was small, but the babies were much smaller, so it was possible.

“You have two sons and one daughter. Did I do well?”

When the mummy spoke in a weak voice, I felt my eyes open as I looked at them. In an instant, I became the head of a family with 3 siblings.

“Would you like to hold them?”

“Ohh.. Uh.. Ooh… ooohh……

When she spoke, I stopped crying.

I did not even blink when I was stabbed three times in order to save a colleague But…….

I don’t understand why I cried like this right now, even when I was not sad and I am very happy.

I hugged the three children in my arms all at once, with tears and runny nose.

“I am sorry.”

“W…… What?”

It was foreboding. So I said urgently.

“Whatever it is… … You don’t have to say. Just… …Stay by my side.. … and tell me.”

“I’m sorry, really.”

I just nodded. What more do you need? My wife gave birth to three pretty babies.

At that time, I could forgive whatever she did. Except for one.

“Sorry… … Honey.”

Was it an illusion?

No, I saw clearly. I saw clearly with my own eyes that something was coming out of her.

“Honey.”

“Honey. Honey? Honey?”

I knew then why my heart was pounding.

‘Wife please come home! Wife!”

I called my wife as I watched her dying.

As I looked at her sorrowfully at her dying eyes, a murderous rage arose in me.

“Three are probably……. I’m sorry.” I almost dropped the guys I was holding. I managed to give strength to my arms, but the strength of my legs was completely released and I collapsed..

“Uoooohhh！”

Childeok-ne carefully went outside, and only my family remained in the room.

A scream burst out of his throat, and water burst out of his eyes and nose constantly.

“YOU SON OF A BITCH BASTARD OF A GOD!!! YOU DESERVED TO GET DRAGGED FROM YOUR THRONE AND GET RIPPED APART TO PIECES NOT EVEN WORTH GETTING FED TO PIGS! YOU DAMN PIECE OF HORSE SHIT!!!!”

When I was five, I lost my parents, met my bloody teacher, learned martial arts, and live by the blade, but I didn’t do anything bad to others. I didn’t accept the bad guys, and no matter what I did, I did not touch children or women.

What wrongs did I do… …to receive this kind of punishment! If a baby named god wanted to punish me, he should have not put me in this situation.

For a brief moment, I wanted to swear every day, 100 days, and even the moment of death, but unfortunately, I needed to calm down.

No, my little ones are starting to cry and I had to be calm.

“Grandmother.”

I called the Grandma and found a woman that can breastfeed my babies. Because it was a thousand times more important to solve my babies’ hungry cry rather than my anger.

Childeok-ne brought two women who looked like they were familiar with the job. I thought as I watched the babies suck their breasts.

‘What’s urgent that you needed to come in a hurry? You can come one at a time. Then that would be good.’

I wanted to hate them. I wanted to get angry. But I couldn’t.

Because they are my children.

Because they are the children that my wife left

Anyway, I Gajang, am a father.

No matter how angry I was, no matter how crappy I was, I, Gajang, am a father. No, I don’t have my wife anymore, so let’s just call it a father, not the father.

Anyway, the father is the one who has to put something to eat in my babies’ mouth in any case.. The ignorant I, who only learned how to cut, knows that much.

I hired two women as nanny for a month. And I started to check the condition of my property.

My woman seems to have done well. The money I brought her did not decrease at all. It was good to think that it was rather blown when I thought of buying one house.

Even if I hired two nannies for the three children, I could afford to live for ten years.

But always, like everytime, money is always scarce. I can’t be satisfied. I had to work harder.

However, an unexpected problem arose.

When I die?

It was a problem that I didn’t worry about when I lived with her.

In fact, if she dies, there may be problems, but even if I die, she was a woman who could meet a better man than me. So I didn’t worry at all about my death. But when I became a widower with three children, the problem came to me.

What if I die without a mother and no relatives?

Since I was five years old, I have been through the world alone, but I still had the luck of meeting my master. But will the kids have the same luck as me?

Even when the kids are ten years old, I’ll be less worried, because they’re my blood.

I woke up. I thought I had to be alive at least until the kids could provide for themselves.

From then on, I couldn’t get the job at random.

The first was safety, and safety second. Naturally, there was no choice but to give up on income..

Of course, I could live with that alone. Of course, I could live with that alone; I was an express problem solver and got paid more than others. The job of getting rid of dog poop was also taken by others.

But when I thought about the case when the kids were old, the answer didn’t come out.

I was ignorant enough to barely write my name using stone, but they had to be smart like her. I ate well with mixed grain rice and vegetables, but the guys had to feed them with white rice and meat. I can last a year with a single suit, but I wanted them to wear new clothes every time. I…….

There was no limit or end.

In order to for the kids to get married, you have to make prepare, but that’s also hard.

It was impossible to think about safety in that situation. It was absolutely impossible.

At that time, the news of the recruitment of the warriors of Heavenly Dragon Society and Sword Gate, which I heard by chance, was extremely appealing.

Heavenly Dragon Society and Sword Gate.

If murim was divided into four, it was the huge murim group that took up one of them.. In both places, the monthly salary was twenty nyang, which was not bad. Even though it was a little lower than my current income, it was a much safer job than a man..

It has been more than ten years since a massive war broke out in the murim. In addition, the four forces of Heavenly Dragon Society, Sword Gate, Murim Alliance, and Secret Society are in perfect balance, so there will be no big fights in the future..

So I decided, to enter one of the two.

The first option was Sword Gate.

In particular, it wasn’t because Sword Gate was more famous or bigger. It was only because Sword Gate was closer than Heavenly Dragon Society from where I was.

*When I arrived at Sword Gate, people really… … More than a swarm of ants. At first, I thought most of them were people with similar thoughts to me, but they weren’t..

“next.”

I walked out in front of the examiner at his cry at the examination center prepared in the Sacheon branch of Sword Gate.

“Name.”

“No Gajang.”

“Age.”

“Twenty-eight.”

The examiner took a quick look at my body. It would have been a light visual inspection.. First of all, it is better to have a good limb than a disability.

“Lift that.”

At the words of the examiner, I stood in front of the rock next to it without hesitation. And lifted. It was a rock mass the size of several adults combined, but it was lighter than I thought.

Perhaps it was a screening to filter out the fish.

“Next……

Before the examiner said anything, I stood again in front of a large circular pit dug next to him. I have already seen how the primary screening is done, so I didn’t even have to listen to the instructions.

When I looked directly in front, the width of the pit seemed a little less than one meter. And there were a lot of broken porcelain and metal items in it.

It seemed to be a test to check both light and courageous skills at the same time.

Even if you have good light, you will not be able to jump over it if you are afraid.

To be honest, it was like kids’ jokes. Still, one of the four major forces, Sword Gate, is picking a warrior. Could the test be so easy?

Without any help, I just jumped out of the way.

“Hmm.”

Leaving the judge’s nasal noise behind, I stood in front of a large wooden barrel in turn.

It was a test to cutting a wooden barrel with a weapon, but it seemed to check the strength by seeing how deeply it was cut. In any case, I might borrow the power of a sword or sidewalk, so I had to shoot with a designated test knife.

hoek.

“Ohhh!”

As I cut the barrel in two, the candidates watching from behind made a sound of admiration.. So I was stunned.

Doesn’t the level to low?

I couldn’t understand whether they were picking a warrior for the Sword Gate or just a servant. If it’s a warrior for the Sword Gate, which is said to be a Moorim man, it shouldn’t be possible to cut a barrel into two.

“You, what’s your title?”

What was even more amazing was the fact that the examiner showed interest in me. Just by cutting a wooden barrel.

“My title?”

“You’re martial title.”

“I have no such thing. Where I come from, I’m just called special problem solver.” w 으‘?，，

“I am very good at why I do.”

“Then… What is your school?”

“School?”

Obviously, when I first met Master, he told me the name of our school, and I even had to bow to some nonexistent ancestor, but I already forgot about it.

“Umm! There was……

The examiner said, when I was dumbfounded.

“It doesn’t matter anyway. I recommend you as a first class warrior..”

“Can I try that?”

I asked, pointing to the wooden doll, the gateway to the final exam.

I don’t know what they put in it, but it was a doll that stood right up like a little boy after tilting for a while even when it is hit.

“Try?”

“Because everyone else did it.”

To my answer, the examiner beckoned as if to hurry, and I struck a wooden doll.

At the moment, the sound of “Huh?” popped out of my mouth. It’s like a doll absorbs the force at the moment of striking, and it bends like a willow tree to reduce the impact?

The doll was inclined for a moment, very briefly, and then jumped up.

“I didn’t do all that well. Is it a test that requires using your skill? But……

I said before the examiner finished saying anything.

“One more time.”

Yes?，，

“One more time. Will there be a problem if it breaks?”

The examiner said with a smile as if he was absurd at my question.

“Hehe，It would take at least 30 years worth of internal energy to break that. If you want to try it though, try it. It doesn’t matter, you already have four passes anyway.”

I put strength in my hands before the answer was over.

‘Internal Energy? 30 years?’

I might not have a murim-in’s internal energy, but is there a need for that to break this wooden doll?

Okay, I just have to put strength on my hand and hit it, and I actually did it.

Paak!

And of course the doll did not break. There’s just a hole in the chest where I hit it.

“What? Not like this. Again.”

The first time was definitely a mistaker. I incorrectly controlled my strength. I should have made it spread all over instead of being focused.

I got embarassed.

How absurd, the people observing said nothing?

I didn’t wait for the judge’s reply, but this time I put my strength on the doll. And it was broken.

“Ok?”

At my question, the judge looked at me with a expressionless face. It took two chances to break it, so I have nothing to say if he didn’t like it.

“It is true that I passed?”

Still, I had to work, so I asked again, and the examiner nodded. So I asked.

“So now I can talk about the conditions?”

“That……yes? Condition?”

“Yes. What is the welfare policy of Sword Gate?”

“What policy?”

“You know. In addition to the salary, what is provided to the family and relatives of the hired warriors.

Like a benefit. I don’t want much. I just need to have a facility where my kids can properly study for free, and I just need to have a house near where I work. Well, it would be better if you can support the nanny who is breastfeeding so that she can work hard on parenting.”

“What? House benefits? And nanny support？”

“If that doesn’t work, I can’t get a nanny with my money. But you have to support the kids studies and house. Otherwise, I would not settle for the monthly salary you give here..”

“we… … There is no such thing… … It was an absurd request.

Again, this was not a small shop, but a sword gate, one of the forces of Moorim’s four major forces.

So I complained.

“I should have talked about that. I thought there would be benifits.”

“Instead, we can rise to a much higher position with your ability. I don’t care about career or position.” “If you get to the top, you’ll pay me a lot of money.?”

“If it’s money… … Of course you will receive a lot.” I thought about it for a while. But I shook my head right away.

When it comes to money, mercenaries make a lot more. I just want to raise my kids stably. To rise to a higher position and maintain that position, of course, there would be a lot of fights and the probability of dying will be higher.

“That’s Okay. I will just leave.”

Thinking that I had only lost my time, I ran out of the exam room. It seemed like they were calling something from behind, but I didn’t want to waste time because I have little of it.

So I went to Heavenly Dragon Society.

The test of the Heavenly Dragon Society was no different from the Sword Gate. Of course I passed the test, and of course I asked.

“What is you welfare policy?”

“……I will make it if necessary.” The older examiner seemed embarrassed for a moment, but he immediately offered to accept my request.

“There must be a place where the children can learn, and there must be a house.”

“Inside there’s an associate who teaches the warriors’ children. If they are not interested in martial arts, we can send them to the institute separately. House? I’ll give it to you. It’s a bit remote, but there’s nothing to worry about for security as it’s in Heavenly Dragon Castle’s Fortress.. Is there another?”

“If I can be greedy, someone to take care of the children……

“I’ll help you. I’ll attach one person who works.”

The examiner’s fresh answer made me feel better..

“Then where do I take the second exam?”

“I’ve sent someone, so I’ll take you to an additional test site.”

I laughed and the examiner laughed.

The additional examination was not difficult. All I had to do was jump a little further and wield the sword with more power.

They gave me the status as a warrior of the Heavenly Dragon Society.

Hearing it, it was said that it was a position right under the executive of the Heavenly Dragon Society, where I could give strength to the shoulders inside the Heavenly Dragon Society..

There’s nothing much to expect, but this was good. The monthly salary, that I thought was only twenty nyang, jumped into two golds.

I thought that if I saved this money well, I would be able to provide a house for my children after they grow up.

‘Yes, at this level, it is like one of the major powers of Moorim.’

Above all, I liked the examiner’s fresh answer because it seemed to be the temperament of Heavenly Dragon Society.

That’s how I signed up to Heavenly Dragon Society as a first class warrior. So eight years have passed.

Ah! I learned something later, after Sword Gate learned that I took their exam and was not accepted, the examiner at Sword Gate was relegated to a remote area. And the examiner on the Heavenly Dragon Society was promoted by three ranks?

After all, I was able to confirm once again that the man had to live honestly to be blessed.

♦Peerless Dad’s Parenting Journal

I saw the kids.

I saw my pups.

Not one, but three.

I was confident.

To feed my woman, my son, my daughter, and raise well. It was my duty and right. Now it was time to repay for the name given by my parents, who I don’t remember the face well.

But…….

I’m scared now.

The only thing that has changed is that she wasn’t there,and fear came to me.

‘Can I raise the well？’

Feeding, dressing, and sleeping can be resolved. I have confidence and have a sense of responsibility.. Even by stealing or robbing, in order to feed them.

But… … what about other things?

I have no experience in how a father should be or how to become a great head of household. It’s because my father died so early that no one showed it to me.

All I know is how to kill people.

‘Can I raise them well?’

I hate her. She shouldn’t have gone so irresponsibly. I am alone uh

What should I do?

If she had been here, I wouldn’t have been worried about this. It would have been fine as long as I earned money and played with the children occasionally. How do I do it by myself!

I shook my head vigorously.

What kind of stupid idea is this??

Don’t forget, No Gajang!

You are now a father.

You’re alone in watching your kids now

When you weaken, your kids also weaken.

That’s right, that’s it.

This fear has not existed since today.

Work hard!

Regardless of the means and methods!

To feed your children. Whether it can be done or not.

How to raise?

You don’t need to know that.

You grew up so well without such a thing, so you just need to provide your children with a better environment than you had.

All you have to do is earn hard and love your children all the time, but don’t raise them without compromising.

That’s it, the best of it.

Don’t be scared.

From this moment on!♦